Display-rack.



DISPLAY RACK. Arrmoulon FILED MA1?. zu, 1901.

H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATESV Patented May 12, 1903;

FFICE.

PATENT ALVIN SEYMOUR STRIOK'LER AND WILLIAM HENRY STRIOKLER, or

KEOKUK, IOWA.

Die P LAYJ- RAC Y SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,040, dated May 12, 1903.

Application filed March 26, 1901. 4vSerial No. 52,971. (No modela) To all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatwe, ALVIN SEYMOUR` STRIOKLER and WILLIAM HENRY STRIOKLER,

citizens ofthe United States, residing at Keokuk, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Display-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements inV inexpensive one adapted for storing, hand-v ling, and displaying such articles and capable of enabling the same to bereadily moved and to be partially rotatedftoposition -them properly with relation tothe light, so that they may be exhibited to the greatest advantage and at the same time to permit them to be thoroughly examined.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a `display-rack constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of one of the brackets. Fig. 4 is a similar view of one of the hangers. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the hanger and one of the rails. y

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figuresof the drawings. Y

1 designates a pair ofparallelY rails rigidly supported at intervals bybrackets 2,- secured to the ceiling or other suitable support and composed ofa vertical stem 3, providedat its upper end vwith a 'plateforA flange 4 and having arms 5 at its lower end for supporting the rails. The plate or flange 4, which is preferably in the form of a disk, is perforated for the reception of screws or other suitable fastening devices for securing the bracket to the support. The arms 5, which are arranged approximately horizontally, are slightly curved, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, and

they are provided at their outer ends with projecting lugs 6, located above supporting- 'shoulders 7, which are formed by lower lugs or projections. The rails, whic'blarlperforated l'or the reception of the-lugs orpins 6, rest. upon the shoulders 7, which t against the lower edges lof the rails. lAfter the lugs :or'pins have been passed throughV theperforations of .the rails they are headedor .upset against the outer faces of the latterfwhich present smooth outer faces. j The inner faces of the rails lit against fiat vertical faces 8 of the outer ends of the arms. The shoulders 7, which vare horizontal, extend .outward'from thelower ends of the verticalfaces.

The rails, which are offset from the stems of the hangers, receive a hanger 9 of a supporting-bar 10 and are adaptedto support a plurality of such hangers and bars, s0 that a number of rugs, art-squares, orthel'ikemay be simultaneously exhibited.` `Thelhanger 9, which receives a groovedfpulley 11,-is approximately inverted- U shaped, and its outer side l2, which extendsbelow'its inner side 13has its lower end bent at right angles to .form an inwardly-extending arm 14, which is perforated for the reception of a.pivot 15. The pivot 15 passes throughl a .perforation of an attachment-plate 16, which -f is secured by screws or other Vsuitable fastening devices to the upper edge of the supporting-bar 10. The supporting-plate, which is provided at its upper face with an annular centrally-arranged boss 17, has a recess 18 at its lower face to receive the lower end of the pivot 15.

The lower end of the pivot 15 is headed, and the annular boss 17 is interposed between the arm 14 and the plate 16 adforms acircular bearing for the latter. The barlO, to which the rugs or other articles may be attached by heavy tacks or any other suitable means, are adapted to be rotated `on 'the fpivot 15-to arrange it at an angle tomthe rails/to enable the rug or other' article to be displayedmost advantageously and to permit the same to be thoroughly examined. The roller or wheel 11 is grooved to receive the upper edge of the track, and the inner side 13 of the hanger extends below the upper edge of the rail to prevent the hanger from accidentally leaving the same should the roller or wheel jump the IOO track. The lower end of the side 13 terminates short of the arm 14 to provide a sufcient opening to enable the hanger to be readily mounted on and removed from the track.

The supporting-bars are adapted to be moved longitudinally on the track, and when the goods are not being displayed they may be moved to one end of the track, and a large number of supporting-bars may be compactly nestled together and when so arranged may be conveniently covered to protect the goods from light and dust.

The hanger extends above the roller or wheel to form a loop 19, which is adapted to be engaged by a hook 20 of a block 21, providedwith a pulley of the ordinary construction and arranged on a loop of a hoistingrope 22. The hoisting-rope 22 is secured at its ends to the ceiling at opposite sides of the track, and it is looped at its center over a supporting-pulley 23, to provide a pair of depending loops 2-1 for the reception of blocks 2l. The loops 24 are located at opposite sides of the rails and are adapted lto enable a hanger to be hoisted to a position at either side of the track, and by this construction the hangers may be readily mounted on and removed from the rails.

It will be seen that the display-rack is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily mounted in position, and that it possesses great strength and durability. It will also be apparent that it forms aconvenient means for storing, handling, and exhibiting a large number ot rugs and similar goods, that it will enable a large number to be simultaneously displayed, and that it will permit the rugs or other articles to be arranged at an angle to the track to display them to the greatest advantage. Also it will be clear that it will enable the goods to be conveniently covered to protect them from light, dust, and dirt and thatwhen so protected they are arranged so that they may be instantly exhibited. Furthermore, the displayrack will enable the goods to be handled and displayed by any person, male or female, young or old, as it does not require any strength to slide the hangers along the rails or to turn ,the supporting-bars on the pivots. The pulleys of the blocks 2l and the hooks 20, which constitute the hanger-engaging devices, are adapted to form stops to prevent either loop from being entirely drawn over the central pulley, and they also have suffi.- cient weight to enable them to draw the loop at one side of the track downward when the loop at the other side is relieved of the strain of the hanger-engaging device by lifting the latter.

What is claimed is- A device of the class described comprising a double track having a pair of rails spaced from the ceiling or other support, the transversely-disposed pulley 23 located Acentrally above the double track and interposed between the rails and the ceiling or other support, a transversely-disposed double hoistingrope secured at its ends to the ceiling or other support at opposite sides of the double track and centrally arranged on and supported by the pulley 23 and forming a pair of loops straddling the track and depending at each side of the same, and the hanger-engaging devices suspended from the loops and also serving as weights, whereby either loop may be brought Within reach of the operator by lifting the hanger-engaging device of the other loop to relieve the rope of the weight of the same, substantially as described.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ALVIN SEYMOUR STRICKLER.

WILLIAM HENRY STRICKLER. Vitnesses:

J. F. SMITH,

LORETTA E. FINERTY. 

